MY TAKE ON THE GAME BETWEEN MAN CITY VS EVERTON .

man city played everton on sunday and after watching the match i can safely say that gaurdiola must be one of the best managers in the world ever to grace the game . before i write any further about the game i would love to say this that man city or gaurdiola should try to sign a big forward because that will make his team one of the most feared team . of all the three teams that gaurdiola had coached i think this is team that will give him most satisfaction in terms of coaching because he has got no superstarts here around whom he can build the play . now great coaches are those who can build a team . they put discipline in the team. they get the tactics right and know how to use players very well in what position. if i was to say that gaurdiola impressed me then i was not pleased with the way that everton performed or having their formation during the game . they came second best in everything and most importantly certain players look out of place or not good enough to play the game . the way everton played was negative and given two or three players others didnt do enough . i know koeman is a soft spoken man but he is a strict disciplinarian and you can  certainly ask david albelda of valencia about that . last but not the least rooney had retired from international football and i think that he produced one of the better performances of his utd carrer after that title winning run with robin van persie . 
man city started with a 3-5-2 formation with mane playing as a wing back with walker. while everton too went with the same formation with new boy Calvert-Lewin playing in front of rooney who was with newin were the only better performers in the game . i dont blame any manager for playing negative ( sitting back and soaking up the offense and hitting on the counter ) but then the real test is when you have the ball . you should show as to how you use it and how much better are you with it . the second thing that i like is that the coaches need to anticipate things . they need to read as to from where the opposition's offense is going to come from and what measures do they take (prophylaxis) . for me in this game koeman failed to detect the warning signs from the opposition which were there when the team sheet was issued .

SPACE BETWEEN SCHNEIDERLIN AND GUEYE WHICH MAN CITY EXPLOITED .

first off i will write about everton even though man city is the home team . everton were going to sit back and hit on the counter . while sitting back even though man city had 5 at the back or in the middle as required they had lost of gaps in between them  for man city to work that space . secondly in each one on one's  man city players came better .the everton players just couldnt read the plays and just couldnt adjust themselves to it . now even though everton had 5 in the middle of the park the or say three in the middle in front of the back 5 but they were not in tandem with each other or say that not in a line . gueye and schneiderlin were in front of the back 5 but davies was leaving his position and was joining rooney and that created a hole in front of the back and middle ( i will show that in the diagram ) .the thing was that schneiderlin didnt had the positional common sense to go and close that space and make it difficult for man city.
when you play aguero and jesus upfront you have a very little space to work because the thing is that you dont have the aerial advantage but on the floor you are king and most importantly if the opposition does wants to score and close down the box then you have a very little chance to score . guaudiola side played to the plan the thing is say this is that even though he had walked and mane as fullbacks and he wanted to stretch the defense to create gaps for silva and de bruyne to work their magic . he knew that he cannot cross the ball in the because  he has three central defenders there ( the floor pass is the option )so he had a narrow space of the box to work the ball . all of his offense was from left because he believed that mane could make the difference and most importantly that silva can link very well with him . his game plan was made simple by ordinary everton side who came second best in every one on one challenge and for me just didnt contest enough in the one on one situation . silva and de bruyne were just exploiting the spaces that everton were leaving . the three centre backs needed to be too quite narrower compared to their positions that were in the game .
last but not the least everton need to change some players in the team . they cannot have schneiderlin and jagielka who are too slow for the modern game. i am criticizing schneiderlin because here is the central midfielder who doesnt wants the ball and just cannot read the game and is of no use to the team . 

MY TAKE ON THE GAME BETWEEN SPURS VS CHELSEA

yesterday chelsea played spurs at  wembly the new home of the spurs . chelsea were without several key players while some new one came into the team . on the other hand spurs had the same linup from last year . chelsea devised a formation to accomodate new signing bakayoko . christensen started for chelsea which meant that luiz was promoted to play in the middle three with kante and bakiyoko. both the team started to have three at the back while chelsea played 4-3-3 but dier's position was such that he used to drop on the right side of Alderweireld to give width to the defense and add one more body at the back . he was transitioning between midfield and defense as required . chelsea and spurs had both 3 in the middle of the park and each were trying to cancel out each other . kante was against dembele while dier was against bakiyoko . luiz and wanyama were trying to cover these two . both the teams didnt want to give anybody in the middle of the park and tried to make it compact . 
the started with chelsea sitting back and hitting spurs on the counter . chelsea had the first chance of the game with azipilicueta crossing a very good ball for moratta who fluffed the chance . both the teams wanted to have their fullbacks high up the pitch to give width to the offense . while chelsea's fullbacks like to cut inside and make a run into to the box. spurs fullbacks like to remain wide . to match chelsea's formation dier would shuttle between midfield and defense . spurs started to find foothold into the game after 10 min when they realised the chelsea back three or atleast the two rudiger and christensen dont like to come out of the defense to close down kane . so kane started to find space between the lines and spurs started to have ball in the final third . the trouble with spurs is that the front three are not in tandem with each other . both teams played a very deep line and didnt want to have space to run behind the back  three . spurs started to get ball in the final third but the trouble with spurs are on several counts . first off spurs are not able to bring ball from wide areas and had to content with crossing the ball . chelsea had very narrow three at the back so as to not have any space for kane to get at the end of the cross . secondly the front three dont seems to have in cohesion in them . now let me tell you but it is said that the strikers hunts in packs and here the front three didnt seem to be in tandem with each other and that had been the problem for them even last season in big games .
chelsea didnt had their influential pair in form of costa and hazard so they had to start with new signing moratta and willian playing up front the two will take time to gel and play off each other if chelsea or conte is going to play them together in the near future . chelsea were sitting were trying to hit on the counter attack but they didnt get enough service to moratta . the trouble with playing with willian is that at times he will try to over do things . you never know when he is going to cross and when he is going to run with the ball .spurs threat of the front three especially of kane who was getting the better of rudigen and christensen made chelsea to play with a back five and were pinned back by spurs for the majority of the game . they took their chances when they had one .
the game was decided by one silly mistake . chelsea's first goal was beauty by alonso but then the responsibility has to taken by lloris . he should had sorted out his position and should had known alonso's favourite side . but the main culprit in that game was wanyama first off he is playing in front of the back three and the fullbacks are high off the pitch and he cannot be wasting time over the ball and should just try to get it rolling . there is first rule in football that it is criminal to dribble inside your own half because if you losse possession you are letting the opposition a sight of goal . how many time in the game did wanyama lost the possession and put his side in trouble . i really dont know as to why did he though that he could just dribble out of his way out and could problems because to opposition because chelsea had atleast a wall in front of him and it stupidity to dribble like that when your fullbacks are high up the pitch and the centre backs are not in their natural position . for me wanyama and lloris lost the game for spurs which they should had drawn because of barshuiyi's own goal . chelsea had bought rudiger but his lack of pace and the easy that kane could turn on him must had made conte worried .

MY TAKE ON THE GAME BETWEEN NAPOLI VS NICE .

napoli played nice in the ucl qualification at home and it can  be said that this was one of the best performance of napoli . last year i wanted to analyse napoli but wasnt able to do . the italian league wasnt at its best in the last two years with one team dominating the scene . napoli's coach Maurizio Sarri must one of the sort after figure in the world figure with his team playing very good attractive ,disciplined and proper football . this performance might just evoke memories of ariggo sacchi's milan who i suppose were playing  the same brand of football . the reason why i didnt said barcelona even though some may just try to  link it up with that . barcelona have the best players in the world and if you take out messi out of the equation then i think barca would just struggle .fine now the thing is that for the last year or so i had said that the coach role on the sidelines is very important and he is the one who is the sole authority in terms of taking final decision as well as having a hawk eye view of the game and have make the necessary adjustment during the game . another thing is that there are special players in the team but the thing is that for that special player to perform the other player in the team too have too contribute and perform very well or else the opposition can just stop the special one and stop the entire team . the reason good players can perform is because the other players in the team all chip in and perform as well . barcelona did well when messi had his burden removed by neymar and suarez and they too created a threat which created space for messi and vice versa it helped messi too my point is that whole of the team needs to perform not only on defense byt also on offense to really open up opposition defense at will or else you get stalled like nice . 
well napoli started the game with 4-3-3 system with mertens playing as the striker while insigne and callejon were alongside him . while nice started with 3-5-2 system . napoli from the first go started to dominate the game . they played crisp one touch football and played a high line and harrased nice on the ball to concede possession . the warning signs were early from the start with mertens trying to drop in the hole with either of the nice centre backs not tracking him . he was able link very well with players around him and cause problems to nice back line . 
nice had three at the back and one of them is dante who was playing in the middle of the three . he is supposed to calling all the shots when defense is concerned but he was the one who had a loss of concentration and very poor game reading which cost his team . nice back three had to track just mertens but failed to do so . both the teams had three in the middle so one of the napoli's front three would drop in the middle to have time and space on the ball also relive the pressure on the midfield . secondly if he was to tracked by the opposition centre back or wing back that creates space for mertens to have a diagonal run . for napoli the objective was simple insigne drops in the midfield and try to release mertens and callejon behind the back three . the other thing that helped napoli was that in the first half nice were trying to play a high line that created a space for metens and callejon where on they could be at the end of insigne's pass . other than that napoli just played a perfect game they passed crisp and played lovely one touch football .
while napoli were playing very good attractive football . nice were playing the opposite . nice had problems with moving the ball . they spending time on the ball and the problem was that for distribution they were heavily dependent on one player and that was their no. 6 seri . nice had 3 in the middle and what was the use of the other two . just to be alongside of seri and make numbers . nice had a good player in saint maxim who can drive the ball and draw players towards him but the others need to perform . the big question is why do we have players in the midfield . seri must be trusted coach's player but he needs support from players around him and most importantly i had said all along that the cohesion in the team and players working for each other is very much important . napoli had these qualities while nice just lacked them . the reason why nice lacked was because of over dependence on certain players while literally neglecting others in favour of others . there was lack of cohesion between the front players and between the all the three lines . i had said that earlier also that time spent on the ball allows the opposition to regroup as well as close you down which in turn stalls your offense . nice just allowed napoli to close them down and certain players in the team spent too much time on the ball than required . i hope when the coach see's the tape of these game then he should definitely at how he was not able to bring Pierre Lees-Melou and Vincent Koziello into the game  . Koziello's red card was because of seri stupidity .
just as napoli were good nice were hopeless and i hope that in the reverse fixture their coach makes the necessary changes and give us a good game since the tie is not over yet .